by Sydney Smith on Jul 04, 2017
Is it Tuesday or Thursday? And other recent media corrections
Keeping track of the days of the week can be a problem. Salon faced that problem last month when it...
Mother Jones
by Sydney Smith on Aug 01, 2016
Why Mother Jones Sent a Reporter Undercover as a Prison Guard
The U.S. news magazine Mother Jones sent reporter Shane Bauer undercover as a prison guard at a facility run by the private company Corrections Corporation...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 14, 2015
VanderSloot’s Libel Lawsuit against Mother Jones Dismissed, Cost Millions to Fight
Mother Jones revealed last week that the magazine had won a libel lawsuit that has cost it millions of dollars to...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 04, 2015
Latest Challenges: Was Bill O’Reilly witness to Nun killings, Dallas Suicide or N Ireland Bombings?
In the time since Mother Jones first questioned Fox News' Bill O'Reilly's accounting of his reporting history, more claims have...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 24, 2013
Aaron Sorkin: Mother Jones’ Headline Writer ‘Lied,’ Huffington Post Doesn’t ‘Suck’
Director and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin criticized the Mother Jones website for having "lied" in a headline saying that he thinks the...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 13, 2013
‘Redskins’ Team Name a ‘Racist Slur’: Slate, Mother Jones, The New Republic Make ‘Symbolic Ban’
Three news outlets said last week that they aren't going to refer to the National Football League's Washington Redskins by...